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. 2012;8(8):e1002808.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002808. Epub 2012 Aug 16.

Fungi and the rise of mammals

Arturo Casadevall  1
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Fungi and the rise of mammals

Arturo Casadevall. PLoS Pathog. 2012.
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